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 By Olivia Rose    News    March 28, 2024 

Community discusses fishing future in Blind Slough and salt waters

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) preseason forecast estimates 1,400 adult Chinook...

 

To the Editor

A huge thank you! To the Editor: Humanity in Progress (HIP) would like to give a huge thank you to our Local Moose Lodge #1092 for choosing HIP to...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 28, 2024 

Assembly amends and passes both land disposal ordinances

The Petersburg Borough Assembly passed two ordinances in their final readings on March 18. The ordinances amended two different sections under...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 21, 2024

Mazzella buys Ocean Beauty property

Fierce Allegiance officially bought the Ocean Beauty bunkhouse at 18 Harbor Way on Friday, March...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 14, 2024

Assembly considers potential code change for firearm discharge at Frederick Point East Subdivision

Shots fired by a person other than an officer may soon be allowed in the Frederick Point East...

 

To the Editor

Love thy neighbor as thyself To the Editor: Dear Borough Assembly: My name is Almont Lindsey. I own lot 6 block 2 in the Frederick Point East...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 14, 2024

USFS plans to revise Forest Plan

Gears are in motion for the Forest Service to revise its Land and Resource Management Plan - a...

 
 By Juneau Empire    News    March 14, 2024

Juneau will loan school district $4.1 million to help cover deficit

A $9.7 million bailout package to ensure that the Juneau School District can cover a nearly $8 million deficit this year and help toward resolving a...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    March 7, 2024

Borough assembly and Mental Health Trust discuss stalemate over proposed South Mitkof Subdivision

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office (TLO) and State Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...

 
 By Larry Persily    News    March 7, 2024

Developer wants to build housing on former Wrangell hospital property

WRANGELL — A Georgia-based developer who has taken a liking to Wrangell has offered the borough $200,000 for the former hospital property, with plans...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 29, 2024

Harbor board seeks protection from lost tidelands lease revenue

When the Petersburg Borough Assembly approved the landmark property sale of borough-owned tidelands to Wikan Enterprises last year, it was said that...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 29, 2024

Beyond the limits of Service Area One

Petersburg became the 19th organized borough in Alaska on Jan. 3, 2013 after the town’s borough vote was certified. In the early 2000s, the City of P...

 

Wrangell loses three cruise ship stops to Klawock

Wrangell has lost three cruise ship stopovers this summer to Klawock, where a partnership of three Native corporations is developing a tourist destina...

 

State, tribe and borough wait on federal disaster funding

WRANGELL — The borough is waiting on a federal disaster declaration to cover the expense of power line repairs and other immediate and near-term c...

 

Assembly decides mandatory boat insurance ordinance needs more work

Assembly members agreed that a port commission proposal to require boat owners to carry marine insurance — or pay a monthly fee in addition to t...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 22, 2024

Flat state funding complicates ongoing teacher negotiations

The Associated Teachers of Petersburg (ATP) and Petersburg School District are negotiating the next...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 22, 2024

Ordinance would allow sale of borough property below assessed value for public benefit

An ordinance amending Petersburg municipal code to allow borough land to be disposed of for less than assessed or appraised value when deemed for a...

 
 By Lex Treinen    News    February 22, 2024

Haines loses appeal of Census which showed 500 resident drop

The U.S. Census Bureau rejected Haines' appeal over the 2020 population count, which showed Haines’ population dropping by around 500 residents. ...

 

Wrangell officials concerned about ongoing population decline

Wrangell borough officials are concerned that Wrangell continues to lose population, while those who stay in town grow older and leave the workforce....

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 15, 2024

Assembly considers raising the value of borough property that can be sold without a vote of the public

An ordinance amending Petersburg municipal code was passed in its first reading by the Petersburg Borough Assembly last week. At its second reading du...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 8, 2024

Resource fair connects with people experiencing housing insecurity

The seventh annual Project Connect Resource Fair was held in Petersburg on Jan. 30. Organized under...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 8, 2024

Open house presents hospital project updates

At a joint work session last week, the Hospital Board and Petersburg Borough Assembly discussed the...

 
 By Larry Persily    News    February 8, 2024

Landslide families could receive state parcels under disaster program

WRANGELL — The borough assembly has declared as “hazardous” and assigned a property value of zero to the two lots owned by victims of the deadl...

 
 By Larry Persily    News    February 8, 2024

Proposed ordinance takes aim at illegal dumping in harbor dumpsters

The dumpsters at Wrangell’s public harbors are for boat owners only and for their household trash only — but that hasn’t stopped people from tossing i...

 
 By Olivia Rose    News    February 1, 2024

Medicare reimbursement's role in hospital's finances

The Medicare reimbursement program for Critical Access Hospitals was a key topic at the Petersburg... Full story

 

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